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Message started by AnalogAroma on Nov 5^th, 2007, 11:26am

Title: Any software for viewing old design data ?
Post by AnalogAroma on Nov 5^th, 2007, 11:26am

H Everybody,

Nowadays if I want to see my design works in old chip design projects, I need to install the project-specific design kit again as Cadence does not
support multiple processes at the same time. This is quite annoying and on several occasions I need to re-invent the wheel .

Do you know any software that will store all the design data of a finished project and enable us to look into old designs easily ?

With Regards,

Analog Aroma

Title: Re: Any software for viewing old design data
Post by Paul on Dec 3^rd, 2007, 12:58pm

Hi,

You'll have to back up your Cadence version with the design kit and the design data... A good alternative is called "documentation" ;)

Paul

Title: Re: Any software for viewing old design data ?
Post by smcbutler on Jan 31^st, 2008, 10:39pm

AnalogAroma wrote on Nov 5^th, 2007, 11:26am:

Perhaps you need a design data management tool? One tool optimized for
analog designers is VersIC by MethodICs.

This is tightly integrated into Cadence DFII, Virtuoso, Composer, and ADE. It
uses as its backend database a choice of Perforce or Subversion.

www.methodics-eda.com

Title: Re: Any software for viewing old design data ?
Post by Christoph M on Jun 30^th, 2008, 3:57pm

Paul wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2007, 12:58pm:

Hi,

You'll have to back up your Cadence version with the design kit and the design data... A good alternative is called "documentation" ;)

Paul

Now what do you do if you can get access to the Cadence design (DFWII) files, but don't own Cadence?
Is there any way to get access to Cadence on a temporary basis, mainly just to look at old designs and export some documentation (e.g., schematic printouts)?
How painful (both in terms of setting up design kits and $$$) would that be?

Christoph M

Title: Re: Any software for viewing old design data ?
Post by achim.graupner on Aug 14^th, 2008, 10:41pm

My dear,

if you just want so view schematics it might be helpful to copy the Primitive-Library into the working directory and remove everything from it besides the symbol views (using command line, especially care any .il-files, they may interfere with the PDK).
Everything else is complicated indeed.

Achim